First off, I feel like I got nowhere with R&G. I read it, I annotated it, and...I didn't figure out any of the "deeper meaning" crap that we're supposed to. Some of the word play was fun I guess, but that's about all I got out of it.
Anyway, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is now behind us, and we are now moving on to in-class essays and Ceremony. Ceremony so far has at least been interesting. Long, but interesting. I actually like how scattered the events are. I've never read a book structured in such an extreme way. So far, I've noticed a lot of jabs at the way white people treated Native Americans. They talk about how the Native Americans liked being soldiers during the war because they felt like the white people accepted them, but now that the war is over the white people revert to treating them like crap so they develop drinking problems in an attempt to relive the good 'ole days. Wow. That casts a lot of blame on white people. The other thing that I've noticed is how much of an emphasis there is on weather (like rain and the drought). That's definitely something to keep track of.
I really liked Ceremony too. It was nice to read a book after all the plays we studied, and an interesting one too. The book seems to be jam packed with symbolism so I'll have to keep my eye out for it more, I didn't notice the weather. Is there anything else you have to say about the essays?
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed the examination of the relationship between whites and natives in Ceremony. Stuff like the wind and rain and colors seemed obviously important to me, but I'll have to put some thought into what exactly that importance is.
ReplyDeleteUh I didn't think R&G sucked I actually liked it a whole lot and enjoyed pondering the themes (despite missing a lot of them until holmes pointed them out).